A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej.

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HISTORY OF THE SIKHS

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To worship an image, to make pilgrimages to a shrine, to
remain in a desert and yet to have the mind impure, is all
in vain, and thus thou canst not be accepted. To be saved
thou must worship Truth (God).-NANAK, Adi Granth,
Bhog; in which, however, he professes to quote a learned
Brahman.
Man, who is a beast of the field, cannot comprehend Him
whose power is of the Past, the Present, and the Future.
God is worshipped, that by worship salvation may be
attained.
Fall at the feet of God; in senseless stone God is not.
GOBIND, Vichitr Ndtak.
5. Miracles
To possess the power of a Sidhi (or changer of shapes),
To be as a Ridhi (or giver away of never-ending stores),
And yet to be ignorant of God, I do not desire.
All such things are vain.
NANAK, Adi Granth, Sri Rag.
Dwell thou in flames uninjured,
Remain unharmed amid ice eternal,
Make blocks of stone thy daily food,
Spurn the Earth before thee with thy foot,
Weigh the Heavens in a balance;
And then ask of me to perform miracles.
NXNAK, to a challenger about miracles;
Adi Granth, Majh Var.
6. Transmigration
Life is like the wheel circling on its pivot,
O Nanak! of going and coming there is no end.
NANAK, Adi Granth, Asa. (Numerous
other passages of a like kind might be
quoted from Nanak and his successors.)
He who knows not the One God
Will be born again times innumerable.
GOBIND, Mihdi Mir.
7. Faith
Eat and clothe thyself, and thou may'st be happy;
But without fear and faith there is no salvation.
NANAK, Adi Granth, Sohila Maru Rag.